Senior Python Developer Job Trends

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 662 666
Rank change year-on-year +94 +4 +212
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 86 80 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.14% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 54 61 39
10th Percentile £64,000 - £65,500
25th Percentile £65,500 £52,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £62,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.00% -26.47% +6.25%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £104,000 £105,000 £171,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% -13.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,704 58,391 48,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.00% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31,404 32,367 37,457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +103 81 £80,000 +28.00% 22
London +80 63 £82,500 +50.00% 19
Work from Home +64 30 £65,000 -16.13% 12
UK excluding London +83 17 £80,000 +23.08% 10
Midlands +42 8 £70,000 +7.69%
East Midlands +18 6 £70,000 +7.69%
North of England +30 4 £80,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £80,000 - 1
Scotland - 3 £90,000 -
South East +34 2 £85,000 +21.43% 9
West Midlands - 2 £90,000 -
North West +39 1 £90,000 +12.50%

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 December 2025, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 86 (100.00%) Python
2 36 (41.86%) Test Automation
3 30 (34.88%) AWS
4 28 (32.56%) CI/CD
5 27 (31.40%) Agile
5 27 (31.40%) React
6 26 (30.23%) Azure
7 25 (29.07%) OOP
8 21 (24.42%) C++
8 21 (24.42%) Flask
8 21 (24.42%) Serverless
9 19 (22.09%) Linux
10 18 (20.93%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 18 (20.93%) Low Latency
10 18 (20.93%) OO
10 18 (20.93%) Order Management
10 18 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (19.77%) AI
11 17 (19.77%) QA
12 16 (18.60%) Docker
12 16 (18.60%) SQL
13 15 (17.44%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (17.44%) Containerisation
13 15 (17.44%) Data Science
13 15 (17.44%) Django
14 14 (16.28%) FastAPI
15 13 (15.12%) DynamoDB
15 13 (15.12%) Mentoring
15 13 (15.12%) RESTful
15 13 (15.12%) Scrum

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.49%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 30 (34.88%) AWS
2 26 (30.23%) Azure
3 21 (24.42%) Serverless
4 15 (17.44%) AWS Lambda
5 10 (11.63%) GitHub
6 8 (9.30%) Azure AI
7 4 (4.65%) GCP
8 2 (2.33%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.33%) Azure AKS
8 2 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (1.16%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 1 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.12%) DynamoDB
2 12 (13.95%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (10.47%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (4.65%) RDBMS
4 4 (4.65%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.33%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Git
2 2 (2.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 32 (37.21%) Finance
2 21 (24.42%) Front Office
3 12 (13.95%) Health Technology
3 12 (13.95%) Publishing
3 12 (13.95%) Tech for Good
4 6 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.65%) Electronics
6 4 (4.65%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.65%) Marketing
6 4 (4.65%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.49%) Banking
7 3 (3.49%) Social Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Back Office
9 1 (1.16%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (31.40%) React
2 21 (24.42%) Flask
3 18 (20.93%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 15 (17.44%) Django
5 14 (16.28%) FastAPI
6 13 (15.12%) RESTful
7 12 (13.95%) Swagger
8 11 (12.79%) REST
9 8 (9.30%) HTML
10 6 (6.98%) AngularJS
10 6 (6.98%) CSS
11 4 (4.65%) OAuth
11 4 (4.65%) OAuth2
11 4 (4.65%) OpenID
11 4 (4.65%) pytest
12 3 (3.49%) LangChain
12 3 (3.49%) pydantic
12 3 (3.49%) PyXLL
12 3 (3.49%) Seaborn
12 3 (3.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.74%) Data Structures
2 20 (23.26%) Hedge funds
3 18 (20.93%) Algorithms
3 18 (20.93%) Equities
3 18 (20.93%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.98%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.65%) PKI
6 3 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.16%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (41.86%) Test Automation
2 28 (32.56%) CI/CD
3 27 (31.40%) Agile
4 25 (29.07%) OOP
5 18 (20.93%) Low Latency
5 18 (20.93%) OO
5 18 (20.93%) Order Management
5 18 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (19.77%) AI
7 15 (17.44%) Containerisation
7 15 (17.44%) Data Science
8 13 (15.12%) Mentoring
8 13 (15.12%) Scrum
9 12 (13.95%) Continuous Delivery
9 12 (13.95%) Full-Stack Development
9 12 (13.95%) Operational Stability
9 12 (13.95%) Pair Programming
9 12 (13.95%) Software Testing
9 12 (13.95%) TDD
10 9 (10.47%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 86 (100.00%) Python
2 21 (24.42%) C++
3 16 (18.60%) SQL
4 12 (13.95%) TypeScript
5 10 (11.63%) JavaScript
6 6 (6.98%) C#
7 3 (3.49%) Bicep
8 2 (2.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (2.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (19.77%) QA
System Software
1 16 (18.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (12.79%) Terraform
2 10 (11.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.65%) Databricks
2 4 (4.65%) Google
2 4 (4.65%) SAP
3 2 (2.33%) Foundry